Acevedo and Morris win Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals

US poet Elizabeth Acevedo has won this year’s CILIP Carnegie Medal for her verse novel, The Poet X, while Jackie Morris scooped the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for The Lost Words. Read more

Ridout's Boldwood reveals 20-strong all-female launch list

Amanda Ridout has announced a “thrilling" 20-strong, all-female launch list for her new commercial fiction press Boldwood with plans to publish in e-book, audio and print-on-demand... Read more

PRH to acquire F+W book publishing assets

Penguin Random House is set to acquire the book publishing assets of F+W Media following the media company’s bankruptcy, with the effects on F+W's UK division unclear... Read more

HQ authors present at tropical-themed fiction showcase

Almost 50 journalists and bloggers gathered to hear from authors such as Adele Parks and Felicity Everett at a tropical-themed ‘Destination HQ’ showcase, offering a... Read more
Candlish and Edwards kick off Capital Crime launch

London's inaugural Capital Crime festival launched last night with British Book Award winner Louise Candlish and Mark Edwards. Read more
US publisher revenues grow 6.7% in first quarter

In the first financial quarter of 2019 revenues from US publishers increased 6.7% to $2.5bn (£2bn), with growth in all categories apart from e-books and... Read more
Cape snaps up Henry Mance's animal rights debut in six-way auction

Jonathan Cape will publish "a far-reaching and wonderfully entertaining investigation" into animal rights by award-winning Financial Times journalist Henry Mance following a six-way auction.... Read more
‘Jury out’ on future impact of Intelligent Assistants, publishers told

The jury is out on the road ahead for Intelligent Assistants like Alexa and Siri, with the potential for customers to abandon the voice search... Read more
Chener Books modernises with Google digital revamp scheme

A 40-year-old independent bookshop in London has undergone a digital transformation after its owner signed up to a Google project which pairs young people with businesses.... Read more

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Conference Programmer at Marketing & Publicity Conference

Miriam Robinson, programmer for The Bookseller's Marketing & Publicity Conference 2019, shares what to expect from the day. Read more
Should publishers commission an autobiography from Mrs May?

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The battle for B&N

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller
Why the Barnes & Noble sale may help US publishers buy better books

Mark Gottlieb Literary agent at Trident Media Group
Word on the Street

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